Hispasat has changed its business model, according to José Antonio Guerra, the company’s head of commercial office and EMEA sales.
Speaking in an opening presentation at the Hispasat Innovation Days in London, he added that after the end of the period 2019-2021 managed services will account for 20% of its business and new business models 16%. He also said that Hispasat currently has 10 satellites in seven orbital slots.
Meanwhile, Silvia Gonzalez, Hispasat’s audiovisual services manager, EMEA, provided Hispsat data on Latin America and Europe. In the former, its DTH platforms, located at 61 degrees West, distribute 581 SD and 313 HD channels to a total of 4.2 million subscribers.
In Europe, on the other hand, it offers a total of 195 SD and 64 HD channels from the 30 degrees West orbital position to a total of 512,000 subscribers. However, the overwhelming majority are for Nos and Meo in Portugal, with Pantelio accounting for the remainder in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Hispasat has 10,136 headends and 54.3 million users in Latin America and 481 headends, 9.5 million users and 700 cinemas in Europe. All told, over 1,000 cable operators access services distributed by Hispasat.